Suggested Charities

CDS can send the proceeds from your donated items to the charity of your choice. Below is a list of some of the charities to whom you can donate.

This is by no means an exhaustive list of charitable organizations, and you can send your donation to any charity you would like, whether they are listed here or not.

Charities by Category

Animals & Animal Protection Blind & Visually Impaired Cancer Research & Support Child Protection Child Sponsorship Civil Rights & Advocacy Consumer Protection & Legal Aid Disabled Environmental Organizations Health (General) Homelessness & Housing Human Rights Human Services Hunger International Relief & Development Literacy Mental Health & Disabilities Peace & International Relations Reproductive Health & Family Planning Veterans & Military Youth Development

Animals & Animal Protection

• American Humane Association
• Animal Welfare Institute
• Best Friends Animal Society
• D.E.L.T.A. Rescue
• Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International
• Farm Sanctuary
• Friends of Animals
• Humane Farming Association
• In Defense of Animals
• Marine Mammal Center
• Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
• PetSmart Charities
• Wildlife Conservation Society

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Blind & Visually Impaired

• Glaucoma Foundation
• Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
• Helen Keller International / Childsight
• National Federation for the Blind
• ORBIS International / Project ORBIS International
• Prevent Blindness America / National Society to Prevent Blindness

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Cancer Research & Support

• Breast Cancer Fund
• Breast Cancer Research Foundation
• Cancer Care
• Cancer Research Institute
• CureSearch/National Childhood Cancer Foundation
• Entertainment Industry Foundation/Stand Up to Cancer
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• LIVESTRONG Foundation (formerly Lance Armstrong Foundation)
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Movember Foundation
• Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
• National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund
• Prevent Cancer Foundation
• Prostate Cancer Foundation

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Child Protection

• American Humane Association
• Child Find of America
• Childhelp
• Children's Defense Fund
• Children's Health Fund
• Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Prevent Child Abuse America - N.O.

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Child Sponsorship

• ChildFund International (formerly Christian Children's Fund)
• Children International
• Compassion International
• Pearl S. Buck International
• Save the Children
• Unbound (formerly Christian Foundation for Children and Aging)
• World Vision

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Civil Rights & Advocacy

• ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
• ACLU Foundation
• Center for Community Change
• Center for Constitutional Rights
• National Right to Work Legal Defense & Education Foundation

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Consumer Protection & Legal Aid

• Action on Smoking and Health
• Environmental Working Group
• Food and Water Watch
• Government Accountability Project
• Public Citizen Foundation

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Disabled

• Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation
• Goodwill Industries International - N.O.

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Environmental Organizations

• African Wildlife Foundation
• Alaska Conservation Foundation
• American Bird Conservancy
• Arbor Day Foundation
• Center for Biological Diversity
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Conservation Fund
• Conservation International Foundation
• Earth Island Institute
• Earthjustice
• Earthworks
• Environmental Defense Fund
• Environmental Working Group
• Friends of the Earth
• Greenpeace Fund, Inc.
• Izaak Walton League of America
• Keep America Beautiful – N.O.
• League of Conservation Voters
• League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
• National Audubon Society
• National Park Trust
• National Wildlife Federation
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Nature Conservancy
• Rainforest Action Network
• Rainforest Alliance
• Resources for the Future
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• Sierra Club Foundation
• Student Conservation Association
• Trout Unlimited
• Trust for Public Land
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Water.org
• Waterkeeper Alliance
• Wilderness Society
• World Resources Institute

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Health (General)

• ALS Association
• American Brain Tumor Association
• American Kidney Fund
• American Liver Foundation
• City of Hope/Beckman Research Institute
• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
• Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation
• Huntington's Disease Society of America
• JDRF International (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International)
• Lupus Research Institute
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• National Hemophilia Foundation - N.O.
• National Jewish Health
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Psoriasis Foundation
• PKD Foundation
• Parkinson's Disease Foundation
• Salk Institute for Biological Studies

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Homelessness & Housing

• Coalition for the Homeless
• Habitat for Humanity International - N.O.
• National Alliance to End Homelessness

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Human Rights

• Amnesty International of the USA
• Center for Victims of Torture
• Committee to Protect Journalists
• Fund for Global Human Rights
• Human Rights First
• Human Rights Watch

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Human Services

• American Red Cross
• Farm Aid

• Salvation Army
• The Y - N.O. (formerly YMCA of the United States)

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Hunger

• Action Against Hunger - USA
• Bread for the World Institute
• City Harvest
• Food for the Hungry
• Freedom from Hunger
• Global Hunger Project

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International Relief & Development

• Accion International
• Africare

• American Friends Service Committee
• American Near East Refugee Aid
• American Refugee Committee
• Brother's Brother Foundation
• CARE
• Catholic Relief Services

• Direct Relief International & Foundation
• Doctors Without Borders - USA
• Episcopal Relief & Development
• Fistula Foundation
• Grameen Foundation USA
• HealthRight International (formerly Doctors of the World)
• International Medical Corps

• International Rescue Committee
• Lutheran World Relief
• Map International
• Medical Teams International
• Mennonite Central Committee
• Mercy Corps
• Operation USA
• Oxfam-America
• Partners in Health

• Project Concern International
• Project HOPE/People-to-People Health Foundation
• ReSurge International (formerly Interplast)
• Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
• Samaritan's Purse
• Save the Children
• Seva Foundation
• TechnoServe
• UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief)
• United States Fund for UNICEF
• United to End Genocide (formerly Save Darfur Coalition)
• World Concern, a program of Crista Ministries

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Literacy

• Reach Out and Read
• Reading is Fundamental

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Mental Health & Disabilities

• Alzheimer's Foundation of America
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Brain and Behavior Research Foundation/NARSAD
• Mental Health America (formerly National Mental Health Association)
• NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness (formerly NAMI & Mind of America Foundation)

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Peace & International Relations

• Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation
• International Peace Institute
• Physicians for Social Responsibility - N.O.
• Witness for Peace

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Reproductive Health & Family Planning

• Center for Reproductive Rights
• EngenderHealth (formerly AVSC International)

• Family Care International
• Friends of UNFPA (formerly Americans for UNFPA)
• Guttmacher Institute
• International Planned Parenthood Federation - Western Hemisphere
• Pathfinder International
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund

• Population Action International
• Population Council
• Population Services International

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Veterans & Military

• Armed Services YMCA of the USA
• Fisher House Foundation
• Homes For Our Troops
• Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
• Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America
• National Military Family Association
• Operation Homefront - N.O.
• Semper Fi Fund/Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund

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Youth Development

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America - N.O.
• Boy Scouts of America - N.O.
• Boys and Girls Clubs of America - N.O.
• DonorsChoose.org

• Girl Scouts of the USA - N.O.
• Girls, Inc. - N.O.
• Junior Achievement USA - N.O.
• National 4-H Council
• Scholarship America

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